200+ Unions Launch Network to Push for Gaza Cease-Fire
"The support for a cease-fire is overwhelming," said one union leader. "We can't stand by in the face of this suffering. We cannot bomb our way to peace."
The Silent Serial Killer: 391 Deaths in 25 Years at the UK Border
391 people died at the France-Belgium-UK border between 1999 and 2024. openDemocracy and Les Jours investigate
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 127: Growing International Alarm Over Israeli Plans to Invade Rafah
Israel has announced its intention to push ahead with its plans to invade Rafah in the southernmost Gaza Strip, where 1.3 million Palestinians are sheltering. Rafah's mayor, Ahmed al-Sufi, warns…
As Civilians Starve in Gaza, Israelis Block Humanitarian Aid Convoy for Third Day
"The hostages must be released," said one Palestinian rights advocate, but Israel "must also ensure continuous entry of lifesaving aid to Gaza."
International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine Welcomes World Court’s Order
By the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine / Popular Resistance Demands Its Implementation. The ICGSP encourages governments and global social movements to demand that provisional measures are enforced…
Human Rights Watch Blames Louisiana Regulators for Low Birth Weights in Cancer Alley
In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 106: Israel Bombs Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, U.S. Bombs Yemen
Biden insists Netanyahu is open to a two-state solution, despite Netanyahu stating the opposite. Meanwhile, a Palestinian-American teenager was killed by Israelis in the West Bank, and the UN estimates…
How Women in Pakistan Are Fighting Enforced Disappearances and Killings
From a protest encampment in Islamabad, hundreds of women from Balochistan are demanding the return of their missing loved ones amid staunch government repression.
Conflict of Sin-Terest: Why Israel Dumped Accused Pedophile Alan Dershowitz
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News At the start of January, South Africa instigated proceedings of the gravest kind against Israel in the International Court of Justice for the crime…
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 99: Yet Another Gaza Hospital Runs Out of Power, as Demonstrators Across the Globe Call For Ceasefire
New U.S. strikes on Yemen spark fears of regional escalation as Ansar Allah vows to continue fighting for Palestine. Meanwhile, Germany asks to join Israel’s side in the ICJ case.
The Spectacular Failure of the Zionist Project
The two-state solution is no longer possible and the only way forward is the struggle for a democratic secular state accommodating both Palestinians and Israelis.
800+ Global Groups Back South Africa’s Genocide Case as ICJ Prepares for Hearing
"The very least states can do is to submit Declarations of Intervention as a small part of fulfilling their obligations under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention," said a peace…
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 92: International Community Rejects Israeli Calls for Gaza Ethnic Cleansing as Assault Nears Three-Month Mark
Bombardment, death, and starvation continue to take their toll on Gaza, as the international community denounces Israeli ministers’ calls for the ethnic cleansing of the devastated Palestinian territory.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 78: UNSC Resolution Criticized as ‘Meaningless,’ Hundreds of Thousands Evacuate Central Gaza
While Palestine’s envoy to the UN says that the Security Council resolution is a step in the right direction, others have called it “toothless” and “utterly meaningless” to civilians in…
Christmas: Then and Now
By Mitri Raheb / Mondoweiss I was born across the street from where Jesus was born on a street called, the Milk Grotto Street, in Bethlehem. My family has deep…